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...Mark Clements), who possesses "the manners of a marquis and the morals of a Methodist." Robin loves Rose, too, but he harbors a terrible secret: he is masquerading as a farmer to avoid acknowledging his position as the 22nd baronet of Murgatroyd. His title carries with it some rather grim duties: the baronet must commit a crime every day, or die in torment at the hands of his ancestors. This curse makes life troublesome for ladies who love Murgatroyds. Dame Hannah, played by Jeannette Worthen, was forced to renounce Robin's uncle, and Mad Margaret, depicted by Rosemarie Grout, quite...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: Bloody Good G&S | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

Classic rock of grim wit and menace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Lou Reed's Nightshade Carnival | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...Senate, where all members have some farm constituents, the bill passed, 49 to 41. The farmers in the galleries grinned and politely refrained from cheering. But two days later, they were grim-faced as their bill came up for action in the House, where members from cities and suburbs outnumber those from farm districts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Farm Bill Fizzle | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...reforms, making equal pay mandatory for blacks and whites, removing the hated pass and immorality laws that still rule the lives of blacks in South Africa, and ending a ban on political meetings. Mudge, a pilot who tirelessly flies his own plane around territory, told an audience of grim whites in the mining town of Tsumeb: "If we can't come to an understanding with them [the nonwhites], we might as well cancel the election and begin to oil our guns. You can't fight a war without gas and ammunition, and we don't have those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: The Struggle for Namibia | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...citizens of Rutherford, N.J., a prosperous, green and pleasant town seven miles from New York City, normally use their well-appointed high school auditorium for everything from class plays to graduations. But last week more than 500 parents were gathered there for a very grim purpose. School officials, acting on reports from parents alarmed by an apparently high incidence of cancers in the town, had compiled a list of eleven residents recently afflicted either with leukemia or Hodgkin's disease and asked state health authorities to investigate. Now the townspeople were assembled to hear the findings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Geography of Cancer | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

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